Low count& motility.would waiting til opk is neg be better to do bd???

Opk is positive 2 days in a row. Which means my egg hasn't been released yet. I'm thinking that I we need to do the deed as soon as it reads negative so that means the egg is released and his sperm is bound to stay alive and meet the egg that way. And lay propped up of course. Right? Does that sound like it'd work.

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You ovulate 12-48 hours after your first positive. Not after your first negative.

The only way you can know how long after your first positive you typically ovulate is with temping. For me, it's usually 12 hours or less from my first positive. But for others it's different. Are you temping?

I thought that when I got a positive that I ovulate within the next 24-36 hours. So I kept testing because if it's negative that means I've ovulated already. So figured since my egg lives up to 12 hours after ovulation I'd have a better chance of them meeting before the sperm died off. Not currently temping. Definitely have bd' d on these pos days too. Since his quality is so bad Im thinking a lot into it.

It can be 24 hours or 36 hours or 12 hours or 24 hours. Everyone is different. I temp and can usually clearly see when I ovulate. It's usually the same day as my first positive test. If I waited until the first day I got a negative, I'd have completely missed my window. I'd essentially be bding one or two days AFTER ovulation. Your egg can only survive for a few hours, maybe 12-24 but maybe not that long. So you want to already have the spermies waiting there.

With a low count, you should try to bd every other day at the most, so that he can replenish as much as possible.

Once I had six days of positives followed by six days of negatives and I ovulated in the sixth day. Another time I ovulated during the beginning of a surge (I was overstimmulated and it was a premature ovulation.)

A negative test doesn't mean you ovulated. It can always be different in how long it takes your follicle to respond to the lh surge, but it doesn't turn negative before ovulation always.
Many women have two days of positive and ovulate on the second day. If you waited, you could be to late.

Every other day should be fine if you start with the day of the positive. You don't want to wait and have him hold too long either because that will make motility lower too. Never hold longer than 4-5 days.

Just as an example, I had my first positive OPK (ovulation predictor kit) yesterday, and I had another positive OPK (ovulation predictor kit) today. However this morning I got my temp jump, indicating that I already ovulated.

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